hostility

hos·til·i·ty  (h-stl-t)

n. pl. hos·til·i·ties

1. The state of being hostile; antagonism or enmity. See Synonyms at enmity.

2.

a. A hostile act.

b. hostilities Acts of war; overt warfare.

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hostility

Noun

pl -ties

1. unfriendly and aggressive feelings or behaviour

2. hostilities acts of warfare

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hostility

1. a feeling or state of antagonism.
2. an expression or act of war. — hostile, adj.

See also: War

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hostility - a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility" ill will unfriendliness - an unfriendly disposition virulence, virulency - extreme hostility; "the virulence of the malicious old man"
	2.	hostility - a state of deep-seated ill-will antagonism, enmity state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" latent hostility, tension - feelings of hostility that are not manifest; "he could sense her latent hostility to him"; "the diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions" state of war, war - a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring" cold war - a state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare suspicion - the state of being suspected; "he tried to shield me from suspicion"
	3.	hostility - the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility" ill will, enmity hate, hatred - the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action animosity, animus, bad blood - a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility class feeling - feelings of envy and resentment of one social or economic class for toward another antagonism - an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility aggression, aggressiveness - a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack belligerence, belligerency - hostile or warlike attitude or nature bitterness, rancor, rancour, resentment, gall - a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
	4.	hostility - violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked aggression action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" meat grinder - any action resulting in injury or destruction; "the meat grinder of politics destroyed his reputation"; "allied forces crumbled before the Wehrmacht meat grinder" violence, force - an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one" pillaging, plundering, pillage - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"

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hostility

noun 1. unfriendliness, hatred, animosity, spite, bitterness, malice, venom, antagonism, enmity, abhorrence, malevolence, detestation << OPPOSITE friendliness

noun 2. opposition, resentment, antipathy, aversion, antagonism, ill feeling, bad blood, ill-will, animus << OPPOSITE approval

plural noun 3. warfare, war, fighting, conflict, combat, armed conflict, state of war << OPPOSITE peace

Translations

hostility [hɔˈstɪlɪtɪ] n → hostilidad f

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hostility [hɔˈstɪlɪtɪ] n → hostilité f

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hostility [hɔˈstɪlɪtɪ] hostile n → Feindseligkeit f;

hostilities hostile npl (fighting) → Feindseligkeiten pl

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hostility [hɔˈstɪlɪtɪ] n → ostilità f inv